Springsteen falls short in qualifi er

Jessica Springsteen had no luck going solo in was formally eliminated about an hour after riding. United States’ Jessica Tokyo. Perhaps she’ll do better with a band. She’ll ride again Friday night as part of Amer- Springsteen, riding Don The daughter of famed rocker Bruce Spring- ica’s four-rider entry in the jumping team event. Juan van de Donkho- steen and his E Street Band wife, Patti Scialfa, “All in all, I’m thrilled with the round and I’m eve, competes during failed to qualify for the Olympic individual jump- excited for the rest of the week,” she said. the equestrian jumping ing fi nals at Tokyo’s Equestrian Park on Tues- Springsteen learned to ride on her family’s individual qualifying at day night. horse farm in Colts Neck, New Jersey, and she Equestrian Park in Tokyo The 29-year-old’s Olympic debut was off to was an alternate for the Games in 2012 at the 2020 Summer a strong start on the 14-jump course before her but didn’t participate. Olympics, on Aug. 3, in horse got uneasy around the 11th obstacle, and She’s been riding 12-year-old Don Juan van Tokyo, Japan. (AP) the pair earned four penalty points for knocking de Donkehove - he answers just fi ne to Don - down a rail. That put her on the bubble of the for about two years. The duo arrived in Tokyo 73-horse fi eld for one of 30 spots in the fi nal. She ranked 14th in the world. (AP)

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Mexico to play Japan for bronze medal Brazil and Spain set for men’s Olympic soccer gold-medal game SAITAMA, Japan, Aug. 3, (AP): De- Aguirre, and Johan Vasquez’s attempt Brazil won its fi rst Olympic title at on a Japan Airlines fl ight to Sydney last Olympic Medalists fending champion Brazil will face then hit the post. Reinier converted the the 2016 Games in a Friday. Spain for the Olympic gold medal in winning kick for Brazil. penalty shootout with Germany. Ney- Australian Olympic Committee men’s soccer on Saturday. Mexico will play Japan for the mar converted the clinching penalty at chief executive Matt Carroll says rugby Spain beat host Japan 1-0 Tuesday the iconic Maracana Stadium. and soccer offi cials “have told me that ATHLETICS Knight, ) with Marco Asensio scoring a curling Spain’s only Olympic title also came such behavior is certainly not accept- BRONZE: United States (Chloe shot in the 115th minute in Saitama. SOCCER at home - at the 1992 Games. able within their sports.” Men’s 400m Hurdles Dygert, Megan Jastrab, Jennifer Brazil was taken to penalties by Mex- The country’s last fi nal was at the 2000 Australian teams in men’s soccer and GOLD: Karsten Warholm, Norway Valente, Emma White, Lily SILVER: Rai Benjamin, United Williams) ico, winning the shootout 4-1 after a Sydney Games, losing to Cameroon. men’s and women’s rugby all failed to States scoreless draw in Kashima. bronze medal in Saitama on Friday. Meanwhile, the Australian Olympic win medals. The women’s soccer team BRONZE: Alison dos Santos, Brazil DIVING Brazil goalkeeper Santos stopped The gold-medal match is set for Satur- team says some of its athletes were re- is still in Japan and will play the United Men’s Pole Vault Men’s 3m Springboard Mexico’s fi rst penalty from Eduardo day in Yokohama. sponsible for “unacceptable behavior” States for bronze. GOLD: Armand Duplantis, Sweden GOLD: Siyi Xie, China SILVER: Christopher Nilsen, United SILVER: Zongyuan Wang, China States BRONZE: Jack Laugher, Britain BRONZE: Thiago Braz, Brazil Women’s 200m GYMNASTICS GOLD: Elaine Thompson-Herah, Men’s Horizontal Bar Jamaica GOLD: Daiki Hashimoto, Japan SILVER: Christine Mboma, Namibia SILVER: Tin Srbic, Croatia BRONZE: Gabrielle Thomas, BRONZE: Nikita Nagornyy, ROC United States Men’s Parallel Bars Women’s 800m GOLD: Jingyuan Zou, China GOLD: Athing Mu, United States SILVER: Lukas Dauser, Germany SILVER: Keely Hodgkinson, Britain BRONZE: Ferhat Arican, Turkey BRONZE: Raevyn Rogers, United Women’s Balance Beam States GOLD: Chenchen Guan, China Women’s SILVER: Xijing Tang, China GOLD: Anita Wlodarczyk, Poland BRONZE: Simone Biles, United SILVER: Zheng Wang, China States BRONZE: Malwina Kopron, Poland Women’s Long Jump SAILING GOLD: Malaika Mihambo, Germany Men’s Skiff - 49er SILVER: Brittney Reese, United GOLD: Britain (Dylan Fletcher, States Stuart Bithell) BRONZE: Ese Brume, Nigeria SILVER: New Zealand (, ) BOXING BRONZE: Germany (Erik Heil, Men’s Welter (63-69kg) Thomas Ploessel) GOLD: Roniel Iglesias, Cuba Men’s One Person Dinghy SILVER: Pat McCormack, Britain (Heavyweight) - Finn BRONZE: Andrei Zamkovoi, ROC GOLD: Giles Scott, Britain BRONZE: Aidan Walsh, Ireland SILVER: Zsombor Berecz, Hungary Women’s Feather (54-57kg) BRONZE: Joan Cardona Mendez, GOLD: Sena Irie, Japan Spain SILVER: Nesthy Petecio, Women’s Skiff - 49er FX Philippines BRONZE: Karriss Artingstall, GOLD: Brazil (Martine Grael, Britain Kahena Kunze) BRONZE: Irma Testa, Italy SILVER: Germany (Tina Lutz, Susann Beucke) CANOE SPRINT BRONZE: Netherlands (Annemiek Men’s Canoe Double 1000m Bekkering, Annette Duetz) GOLD: Cuba (Serguey Torres Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17 Madrigal, Fernando Dayan Jorge Foiling Enriquez) GOLD: Italy (Ruggero Tita, Caterina SILVER: China (Hao Liu, Pengfei Banti) Zheng) SILVER: Britain (John Gimson, BRONZE: Germany (Sebastian Anna Burnet) Brendel, Tim Hecker) BRONZE: Germany (Paul Kohlhoff, Men’s Kayak Single 1000m Alica Stuhlemmer) GOLD: Balint Kopasz, Hungary SILVER: Adam Varga, Hungary WEIGHTLIFTING BRONZE: Fernando Pimenta, Men’s 109kg Portugal GOLD: Akbar Djuraev, Uzbekistan Women’s Kayak Single 200m SILVER: Simon Martirosyan, Spain’s Mikel Merino (8) and Japan’s Wataru Endo vie for the ball in a men’s semifi nal soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 3, in Saitama, GOLD: , New Armenia Japan. (AP) Zealand BRONZE: Arturs Plesnieks, Latvia SILVER: Teresa Portela, Spain BRONZE: Emma Aastrand WRESTLING Jorgensen, Denmark Men’s Greco-Roman 77kg Women’s Kayak Double 500m GOLD: Tamas Lorincz, Hungary GOLD: New Zealand (Lisa SILVER: Akzhol Makhmudov, Carrington, ) Kyrgyzstan SILVER: Poland (Karolina Naja, BRONZE: Shohei Yabiku, Japan BRONZE: Rafig Huseynov, US reach Olympic Anna Pulawska) BRONZE: Hungary (Danuta Kozak, Azerbaijan Dora Bodonyi) Men’s Greco-Roman 97kg GOLD: Musa Evloev, ROC CYCLING TRACK SILVER: Artur Aleksanyan, Men’s Team Sprint Armenia GOLD: Netherlands (Jeffrey BRONZE: Tadeusz Michalik, Hoogland, Harrie Lavreysen, Roy Poland van den Berg, Matthijs Buchli) BRONZE: Mohammadhadi Saravi, semis, oust Spain SILVER: Britain (Jack Carlin, Jason Iran Kenny, Ryan Owens) Women’s Freestyle 68kg BRONZE: France (Florian Grengbo, GOLD: Tamyra Mariama Mensah Rayan Helal, Sebastien Vigier) Stock, United States Slovenia, France and Australia advance Women’s SILVER: Blessing Oborududu, , of the United States, GOLD: Germany (Franziska Nigeria returns a shot during a women’s Brausse, Lisa Brennauer, Lisa BRONZE: Alla Cherkasova, match against SAITAMA, Japan, Aug 3, 27 points. any serious dent in Slovenia’s lead. Klein, Mieke Kroeger) Ukraine Germany at the 2020 Summer SILVER: Britain (, BRONZE: Meerim Zhumanazarova, (AP): Back and forth they Doncic wasn’t sharp early in the 10 The Slovenians will face either un- , , Josie Kyrgyzstan Olympics, on Aug. 3, in Tokyo, Ja- a.m. local start but picked it up in the beaten France or Italy on Thursday in pan. (AP) went, the reigning Olympic second half with his scoring and play- the semifi nals. champions from the U.S. on making to keep Germany from making They are 17-0 in competition with Doncic, now looking to add Olympic Latvia, Australia knock out Canada one side, the reigning Bas- gold to the European championship ketball World Cup cham- they won in 2017. pions from Spain on the France 84, Italy 75 US still strong on Olympic beach other. Rudy Gobert scored 22 points, Evan The difference: The Americans Fournier had 21 and France advanced TOKYO, Aug 3, (AP): Three-time had Kevin Durant. to the men’s basketball semifi nals in gold medalist He’s never gone to the Olympics the Olympics for the fi rst time since missed out on her bid to qualify for a Dominican Republic and not won gold - and clearly, doesn’t 2000 by beating Italy 84-75 on Tues- sixth trip to the Summer Games. For- plan on that changing. Durant scored day. tysomething four-time Olympians Phil eliminate Israel 7-6 29 points to keep his quest for a third Thomas Heurtel made the tiebreak- ing 3-pointer with 2:18 remaining after Dalhausser and Jake Gibb both retired YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug. 3, (AP): Olympic title alive, and the Ameri- after getting knocked out in Tokyo. cans are headed to the medal round Italy had erased a 14-point defi cit and Jose Bautista had a game-ending sin- Gobert had a couple of late buckets to Defending Olympic champion Laura gle for his fi rst Olympic hit and bat after ousting Spain 95-81 on Tuesday Ludwig is heading back to Germany fi nish it out, including a spinning slam fl ip, which followed Johan Mieses’ ty- in a quarterfi nal matchup at the Tokyo for the fi nal basket. after losing to the U.S. in the quarter- ing home run off Zack Weiss leading Games. fi nals on Tuesday. Simone Fontecchio scored 23 points off the ninth inning, and the Domini- and Danilo Gallinari had 21 points and April Ross just keeps on playing. can Republic eliminated Israel with a United States’ Kevin Durant (7) The 2012 silver and 2016 bronze 10 rebounds for their Italians, who 7-6 win Tuesday night. BASKETBALL drives to the basket over Spain’s were in their fi rst Olympics since win- medalist joined with to The Dominicans (2-2), who opened Ricky Rubio (9) during a men’s beat Ludwig and Maggie Kozuch 21- ning the silver medal in 2004. the game with a strange bunt double basketball quarterfi nal round game France was knocked out in the quar- 19, 21-19 on Tuesday, leaving Ross as by Emilio Bonifacio, will play the Jayson Tatum scored 13 and Jrue at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on terfi nals of the last two Olympics and the last woman with an Olympic medal United States (2-1) on Wednesday, Holiday added 12 for the U.S., which Aug. 3, in Saitama, Japan. (AP) hadn’t been further since reaching the still standing at the Shiokaze Park and the winner of that game will play will play either Australia or Argen- gold-medal game in 2000. beach volleyball venue. for a gold medal game berth against tina in the semifi nals on Thursday. The But the French won bronze medals Dominican Republic’s Jose Bau- the loser of the Japan-South Korea Americans also gave themselves the in the 2014 and 2019 Basketball World semifinal. chance of extending a streak like none BEACH VOLLEYBALL tista hits the game winning RBI Cups and maybe this is fi nally the time single during the ninth inning of a Israel (1-4), which had knocked out other in Olympic basketball history - in for this group to break through on the baseball game against Israel at the Mexico, took a 6-5 lead when Danny all 18 of their previous Olympic men’s Olympic stage. 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 3, Valencia hit two-run homer off Jumbo basketball appearances, they’ve gone A victory in the semifi nals against in Yokohama, Japan. (AP) Diaz in the eighth inning. home with a medal. Ricky Rubio was Australia 97, Argentina 59 Switzerland would clinch at worst a brilliant for Spain, scoring 38 points Australia has two more chances to silver; a loss would put them in the this week when fi rst Dalhausser, then and Sergio Rodriguez added 16. fi nally secure its fi rst major men’s in- third-place match. In the other semi- Gibb said after they were eliminated BASEBALL Slovenia 94, Germany 70 ternational medal. fi nal match, Tina Graudina and Ana- that they are going to retire. And a matchup with the U.S. awaits. Luka Doncic and Slovenia need one stasija Kravcenoka of Latvia will face But there’s no reason for Ross to Patty Mills scored 18 points, Australia Mariafe Artacho and Taliqua Clancy Weiss (1-1), who made his only win for a medal in their Olympic bas- used a 25-0 run in the second half to turn think about the future - at least not ketball debut. of Australia after both beat Canadian beyond Thursday’s semifi nal against big league appearance for Cincinnati a close game into a runaway, and the teams in the quarterfi nals. in 2018, had already pitched 2 2/3 in- Wins are all Doncic ever gets when Boomers beat Argentina 97-59 on Tues- The Australians knocked out the No. Switzerland’s and nings when Mieses sent a drive that he wears his country’s uniform. day night in the fourth and fi nal men’s 1 seed in the tournament, Anouk Verge-Depre, who beat Brazil’s nearly cleared the left-fi eld seats, end- Doncic had 20 points, 11 assists and quarterfi nal at the Tokyo Olympics. and Melissa Humana-Paredes, 21-15, Rebecca and Ana Patricia 21-19, 18- ing an 0 for 7 tournament. eight rebounds, and Slovenia beat Ger- Germany’s Isaac Bonga (0), (right), Australia gave up 22 points in the 19-21, 15-12. 21, 15-12 on Tuesday. It was the fourth home run allowed many 94-70 on Tuesday in the opening drives to the basket past Slovenia’s fi rst 10 minutes; it allowed 26 points A 41-year-old Californian who al- And this time she has the 31-year- by the 29-year-old right-hander. game of the men’s quarterfi nals. Luka Doncic (77) during men’s in the next 25 minutes, remaining un- ready has said she is eyeing the 2024 old Klineman to keep her young. She Melky Cabrera singled, and Bautista Zoran Dragic got Slovenia off to a basketball quarterfi nal game at the beaten at these Olympics and possibly Paris Games, Ross inherited senior sta- is Ross’ third partner in as many Olym- came up with two outs and pinch-run- fast start by making his fi rst six shots 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 3, closing the international career of Ar- tus on the U.S. beach volleyball team pics, and the fi rst that is younger. ner Yefri Pérez on third. and fi nished 11 for 13 en route to his in Saitama, Japan. (AP) gentina’s Luis Scola.